Immolation - Majesty and Decay (2010)^{Release ID: 648}

This is either a poor man's Deicide or a poor man's Morbid Angel. Take your pick, but it's poor either way. 

Round two and trying to beef up the review, but as usual I had it right the first time. There is absolutely no reason to listen to this when you could be listening to anything from the Deicide or Morbid Angel discography. Further more, it's worth noting that I love OSDM so much that I drove from Detroit to Tampa Florida just to tour Morrissound Studios. Morbid Angel and Deicide are my least favorite bands from that time and place. I'm told that Glen Benton still has a house down there but the man at the record store couldn't tell me which one. Anyways you got that story instead of a review, because I truly have nothing of value to add. 

Not bad but far too generic. The drumming & guitar solos are clearly attempts to copy classic Morbid Angel and they come up well short of the mark in that respect. The song structures also sound quite pieced together & forced to my ears. The guitar riffs are chunky as always but I'm genuinely surprised to see this release at the top of the RYM metal charts for the year. I would class Majesty & Decay as solid but forgettable generic death metal.